Written by: Graham Smith: Posted: 2019/09/09
Filed In Categories: Colour, Design Essentials, Inspiration, Poster Design
Excerpt: Color Leap: Journey through Time to See the Color Palettes of History Color Leap is one of my favourite all-time colour websites for colour inspiration as it’s not just a random collection of pretty colours, but instead each color palette is… Read More
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Written by: Graham Smith: Posted: 2019/09/05
Filed In Categories: Designer Spotlight, Famous Logos, Inspiration, Logo Design
Excerpt: A lovely find by Thinking Form in the form of an all time classic collection of logo designs by creative master: George Lois, who was born 96/26/1931. Thinking Form: George Louis is the only person who received both The Art Directors Hall of Fame and… Read More
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Written by: Graham Smith: Posted: 2019/09/02
Filed In Categories: Colour, Design Essentials, Inspiration, Poster Design
Excerpt: This is an incredibly useful selection of 100 colour swatches and colour combinations that the people over at Canva have painstakingly put together for us. ColourLovers used to be my go-t0, but it’s a bit of a mess now, so I’m always on the look… Read More
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Written by: Graham Smith: Posted: 2019/03/18
Filed In Categories: Helvetica, Inspiration, Poster Design, Vintage
Excerpt: I absolutely love this style of logo design used for the Argentina Football World Cup 1978: simple, clean, strong, bold and Helvetica.… Read More
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Written by: Graham Smith: Posted: 2019/03/08
Filed In Categories: Famous Logos, Inspiration, Logo Design
Excerpt: Fender has used several styles of Fender logos, usually referred to as: "Spaghetti", "Transition", and "CBS" which were used to adorn the headstocks of their… Read More
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Written by: Graham Smith: Posted: 2019/01/27
Filed In Categories: Designer Spotlight, Inspiration
Excerpt: Having a lazy Sunday and came across this Tweet from Michael Bierut about the Pepsi-Cola World Magazine Covers circa late 1950’s – 1960’s. Just lovely artwork to look at, and so a quick blog post I had to do. The Tweet linked to a Medium… Read More
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